Improved medical compound for thecubeof bing-bone, spavin, splint



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WILLIAM AFGLEVELAND, 0E WATERVILLE, NEW YORK.

Lem" Patent No. 69,910, dated ocean-'22, 1867.

IMPROVED MEDICAL oomrouuo FOR Tun-censor RING-BONE, SPAVIN, SPLINT, at,IN ouses.

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To ALL WHQM IT MAY CONCERN:

V Be it known that I, WILLIAM: A. CLEVELAND, of Wisterville, in thecounty of Oneida, and State of New York, have invented a new CompoundMedicine for the Cure of Ring-Bone, Spavin, Splint, and other osseousdiseases and injuries of the limbs of horses and other animals; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, and of the manner of compounding and applying thesame.

I mako'a sand-bath, by filling a vessel half full of sand, and set it ona hot stove or other suitable place to heat. I then set into thissand-bath a small vessel, holding half a pint, immersing the sametwo-thirds of its height in the sand. I then raise the heat ofthosand-bath to eighty-six orv ninety, degrees Fahrenheit. I then pour intothis small vessel two ounces of alcohol. Then add forty grains ofiodine; then twenty grains of bichloride of mercury, stirring themixturewell. Then tie over the top of the vessel a covering of paper,and v let iii-stand twenty-four hours, keeping up the same degree ofheat as before mentioned. Then breaking a. hole in the paper covering,drop into the mixture thirty drops of Croton oil, and stir the mixturewell. Then covering the hole in the paper cover, let it againstandtwenty-four hours, still maintaining the same degree of heat asbefore. After this let the mixture cool, and then bottle it up in a.bottle well stopped with a ground stopper. This mixture I have namedBony'f The above is an example as to the relative quantities ofmaterinlsused; of course any larger or smaller quautity'of the mixturemay be made, by observing the same relative proportions of the abovecomponent parts. i The mixture called the ,bony is to housed in thepreparation of the medicine actually applied for the purpose of thecure, as I shall now describe.

I put into an earthen jar eight ounces of quicksilver; to this I addfour ounces of nitric acid, stirring the same slowly for one minute.Then add four drachlns cantharidcs, and stir well. Then add four ouncessulphuric acid, pouring in slow, and stir. After five minutes add of theabove mixture which I have called bony," twenty-six to thirty drops.Then stir well, and repeat the stirring every half hour, for five hours.Then add four ounces of prepared chalk well stirred in. Then afterstanding four hours the preparation is ready for use. The medicine isapplied to the part afi'ected by first removing the hair and thenrubbing on the mixture, by means of a-swab, sponge, stick, or othermeans, twice each day until the callus is two-thirds removed. I Thenomit the application altogether; and thc'rcmnining portion will soondisappear.

Having thus described my medicine, andthe manner of compounding andusing the same, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLcttcrs latcnt, is-

-Thc medioal compound above described, to be compounded and preparedsubstantially as described, and for the purposes described.

' WM. A. CLEVELAND.

Witnesses: i WM. BAKER,

GEO. L. Smarts.

